Handle for sheet-metal vessels.



No. 718,656- PATENTED JAN. 20, 19.03. L. REASER.

HANDLE FOR SHEET METAL VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1902.

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LEWIS REASER, or READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR SHEET-METAL VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 718,656, dated January20, 1903.

Serial No. 99,112. (No model.)

To @135 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS REASER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles forSheet-Metal Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved handle mechanism adaptedparticularly for use in connection with sheet-metal kitchen utensils andthe like.

The invention is fully described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,and the novel features are specifically pointed out in theclaims.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved handle device as applied to asheet-metal utensil. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the linea: a: of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are separate views of the stamped blanksfor the sheet-metal handle-bracket and handle, respectively.

A represents in end elevation the body of a washboiler, for instance,having a central vertical seam a, as usual, and B represents the handleordinarily applied thereto at each end near the top edge of the vessel.In order to provide for properly distributing the strain brought uponthe body of the vessel by supporting its loaded weight by means of thesehandles and at the same time provide a neat, inexpensive, andsubstantial handle device, I form a handle-bracket C out of suitabledies, as shown in Fig. 3. This stamped blank for the handle-bracket isT- shaped, the stem portion 2 being adapted to extend downward over theseam a of the vessel A, while the head or cross-plate 3 extends parallelwith the top edge a of the vessel and is of greater width than thelength of the handle B. The latter is secured between ears 4 4, whichare preferably formed in the plate 0, as shown, by cutting, the centralportion of said cross-plate along the lines 5 5 in the process ofstamping, thus leaving the ear portions 4 4 attached to the bracket 0only at 6 6, adjacent to the ends of the cross-plate 3, and permittingthem to be turned bent outward at right angles to said plate andparallel with each other at a distance apart adapted to permit theintroduction of the handle B between them. To give stiffness to thesheet-metal structure and at the same time improve its appearance,Ipress into the metal, in the process of stamping,suitablestrengthening-ribs 7 and 8 and a beaded edge 9, and I also provide rivetperforations 10 to secure the bracket to the vessel A. I

The handle B may be of wood, as usual, secured between the ears 4 4 inany usual manner; but I prefer to employasheet-metal handie of specialconstruction, at the same time adapting the ears 4 4 to receive thispreferred form of handle. In Fig. 4 is shown the sheetmetal blank B,from which this handle is formed, consisting merely of a rectangularplate preferably provided with perforations 11 and having end extensions12 12, of reduced width, adapted when the blank is bent up intocylindrical form to serve as a handle to enter thecurved perforations 1313, provided in the projected ends of the ears 4 4 of the bracket 0.These extensions 12 12 are shown notched at 14 14, so that after thesaid projections of the formed-up handle have been entered in the curvedperforations 13 13 the handle may be slightly turned, so as to lock itto the ears prior to flanging over the said projections against theouter faces of said ears to rigidly connect the handle thereto, whichoperation completes the construction.

It will be readily seen that the strain upon the handles is by means ofmy improved construction s0 distributed over the surface of the vessel Aas to avoid undue strain upon a small portion of the latter, such asordinarily occurs, while at the same time the general construction ofthe vessel is strengthened and its appearance improved.

What I claim is l. A handle-bracket of sheet metal stamped toapproximately T shape and having the central portion of the cross-plateor head thereof partially severed to form integral separatedhandle-ears, said ears being bent into parallel position approximatelyat right angles to the plate.

2. A stamped sheet-metal blank fora handle-bracket of approximately Tshape having similar alined and partially-severed ear porto engage saidperforations substantially as to set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LEWIS REASER.

Witnesses:

D. M. STEWART, CALEB J. BIEBER.

